Bad Days in Basra

The phonecall came from out of the blue, just when Sir Hilary Synnott was looking forward to retirement after helping steer India and Pakistan back from the verge of nuclear war. "It''s about Iraq. We need a King of the South..."Bad Days in Basra" is the story of Synnott''s time as Britain''s most senior representative in Southern Iraq, trying to keep the region together as the rest of the country...